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Re: New MacBook Setup

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Post by whatever1 » Fri, May 24, 2024, 5:04 AM UTC

simula67 wrote: post #17

whatever1 wrote: post #6

I find hilarious the fact that we need to buy & install a windowing tool because the native OS window system has been broken for the past 40 years. Can't they just copy what windows and linux are doing?

Is there a Mac app to copy Windows' windowing behavior? I want different virtual desktops to behave like they are different computers with a shared clipboard, i.e., I don't want to see apps from other virtual desktops showing up on 'Alt-Tab', dock bar to show all open apps, etc.

A fellow HN member recommended this https://contexts.co/.

It is amazing feature-wise, but it has some annoying bugs and it seems abandonware (last update Aug 2022).

Re: New MacBook Setup

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Post by ilikehurdles » Fri, May 24, 2024, 5:06 AM UTC

throwaway4good wrote: post #20

Am I the only one who prefers macports over homework? And Safari over Chrome? And the default terminal.

I vastly prefer safari followed by firefox when a site doesn’t work right.

Re: New MacBook Setup

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Post by microflash » Fri, May 24, 2024, 5:07 AM UTC

throwaway4good wrote: post #20

Am I the only one who prefers macports over homework? And Safari over Chrome? And the default terminal.

I use the default terminal as well. The only thing I miss is right click to paste.

Re: New MacBook Setup

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Post by bouke » Fri, May 24, 2024, 5:07 AM UTC

My setup would take weeks to reproduce, I think. So many small tweaks, configuration and extensions that I have accrued over the years. I would dread starting over, which is why I’m very happy with Migration Assistant that helped me migrate to various new machines over 10+ years.

Re: New MacBook Setup

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Post by nray » Fri, May 24, 2024, 5:08 AM UTC

whatever1 wrote: post #6

I find hilarious the fact that we need to buy & install a windowing tool because the native OS window system has been broken for the past 40 years. Can't they just copy what windows and linux are doing?

And the bar icons ... in the end I just bought Bartender to cope with the notch.

Re: New MacBook Setup

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Post by ilikehurdles » Fri, May 24, 2024, 5:08 AM UTC

Dock on the right is better as it’s more out of the way of buttons you’ll use (left side menus, window buttons) so you won’t accidentally unhide it. Also I could never get behind magnification, just makes it harder to predict where things are, but I almost never use the dock anyway.

Re: New MacBook Setup

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Post by vundercind » Fri, May 24, 2024, 5:09 AM UTC

whatever1 wrote: post #6

I find hilarious the fact that we need to buy & install a windowing tool because the native OS window system has been broken for the past 40 years. Can't they just copy what windows and linux are doing?

I like Spectacle better than anything I’ve seen on Windows or Linux, and I’ll take installing it once then never thinking about it again over what it takes to get a tolerable keyboard layout & shortcuts on other platforms.

Re: New MacBook Setup

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Post by lawgimenez » Fri, May 24, 2024, 5:09 AM UTC

Don’t download Xcode using the App Store.

Re: New MacBook Setup

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Post by ladberg » Fri, May 24, 2024, 5:10 AM UTC

I have a similar thing here, mostly just for System Preferences stuff and other Apple app settings: https://gist.github.com/leoadberg/f889f49b4c33d967d7f5c9101a...

Would recommend stealing parts of it! I feel like the default state of macOS can be pretty unusable at times.

Re: New MacBook Setup

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Post by vundercind » Fri, May 24, 2024, 5:12 AM UTC

throwaway4good wrote: post #20

Am I the only one who prefers macports over homework? And Safari over Chrome? And the default terminal.

Safari, Terminal.app, Homebrew here.

I’m on Homebrew because it hasn’t given me any trouble in years, has an outstanding package library, and because back when I first tried Macports in like 2012 it liked to break itself every few months while doing very normal things, so I tried Homebrew and never looked back.